In front of an excited crowd of several thousand supporters gathered Friday (Mar. 31) for the "Renaissance Festival" in Yopougon, a popular township of Abidjan, Gbagbo spoke about his years in detention at the ICC in The Hague." The event was also the ...
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"What is keeping us down for now vice president is the debt overrun. We carry a debt burden that is really is making it difficult for us to continue with our restructuring process of the economy and is actually beginning to negate on the gains we have ...
"With the film industry in Nigeria specifically, it feels like it has gotten a lot bigger with major players like Netflix coming in, and for me in particularly I feel like I can enter any room right now and hold my own. It has boosted my confidence a l...
"There is no mistaking, for that the intention was basically to kill. This was basically an attempt at my life which is very unfortunate indeed. If this vehicle had not been an armoured car. The story would be different."
"When I walk down the street someone would not say ‘Oh, he is gay' or 'he is bisexual' or 'he is transgender’. But I feel for my friends who, according to society’s perception are… maybe look feminine or look too masculine. So, I feel for them, .... “J...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is facing calls from the UN and US to rejected the new proposed anti-gay legislation
Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for bi-weekly protests against the government - every Monday and Thursday - accusing President William Ruto of "stealing" the August presidential election, of being "illegitimate" and of being unable to...
"The inmate has not completed the minimum period of detention, as decided by the Supreme Court of Appeal," the last court to sentence Pistorius in 2017 after multiple appeals,
Born in 1923 to a wealth family in Addis Ababa, Guebrou became a nun at the age of 21. She composed more than 150 works and recorded four albums during her career, according to a foundation created in her name.
The Liberian-flagged Danish tanker attacked last weekend in the Gulf of Guinea has been located and rescued off the coast of Sao Tome and Principe, but part of the crew has been kidnapped, its owner announced on Friday.
